Efficacy of zinc supplementation on improvement of weight and height growth of healthy 9-18 year children

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-193

  Kaseb, Fatemeh ^a   Fallah, Razieh ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Height; Supplement; Weight; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887591372     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.26.02.75187     Document Type: Article

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